Absolutism, political system in which there is no legal, customary, or moral limit on the government's power. The term is generally applied to political systems ruled by a single dictator, but it can also be applied to seemingly democratic systems that grant sweeping powers to the legislature or executive. Absolutism has taken wide-ranging forms such as military dictatorships in Latin America, totalitarian communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe, and dictatorships in Africa. Despite the …
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…men achieved an absolute monarchy, although some of the goals may have hurt their country. In the end both are remembered as two of the most influential monarchs that ever lived and the numerous tasks that they accomplished as king or czar helped their country push forward into the future to ensure the survival of their nation and hope that the modernizing would continue to keep their countries on top of the game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**